22 Thursday, February 15, 2018 SPORTS Gundogan double as Man City triumph London lkay Gundogan scored twice as Manchester City put one footI in the Champions League quarterfinals with an emphatic Ilkay Gündogan (right) scored 4-0 win over Basel. twice for Manchester City In-form Sergio Aguero (Pic courtesy: theguardian) scored his 198th City goal and Nicolas cross from the Bernardo Silva also got on the Otamendi to left was cleared only scoresheet as Pep Guardiola’s clear. as far as Bernardo Silva by side cruised to victory on a Otamendi and Oberlin Leo Lacroix. With time and freezing night at St Jakob-Park. were involved again as the space to compose himself, the Most of the damage was Basel striker went down in Portuguese allowed the ball to done as City rattled in three the area attempting to beat drop before hitting a firm half- goals in a blistering nine- the Argentinian but Swedish volley past Vaclik. minute spell early in the first referee Jonas Eriksson gave The visitors were now half, dashing Basel’s hopes of nothing. rampant and the tie soon causing an upset after making City made the most of those seemed as a good as over as a bright start. reprieves to power into a Aguero let fly from outside the Gundogan struck a sublime commanding lead. area to register his 29th goal second after the break but the Gundogan, who had already of the season after a charge Premier League leaders were tested Tomas Vaclik with an upfield by Fernandinho. The cruising by then, having eased Sergio Agüero scores a fine third for Manchester City (Pic courtesy: theguardian) early header, got the opener Argentinian’s powerful shot off to conserve energy in their Leroy Sane back into action established control, although raced onto a long ball. He had when he met a 14th-minute rocketed into the bottom continuing quadruple quest. as a second-half substitute they did survive a couple of options as Ederson raced out De Bruyne corner with another corner in another example of Kevin De Bruyne was following his rapid recovery early scares. to meet him, including trying firm header at the near post. clinical finishing following his removed from the action from an ankle injury. First the pacy Dimitri Oberlin to lob the advancing keeper, A second goal quickly four strikes against Leicester at early and Guardiola also eased It was not long before City got behind the defence as he but he miskicked and allowed followed as Raheem Sterling’s the weekend. (PA Sport)